A suspended death sentence gives Han Yong, 68, a two-year reprieve from execution. Under Chinese law, the sentence is automatically commuted to life imprisonment if he commits no further crimes during the two-year period, according to the ruling by the Nanning Intermediate People's Court.
I thought the bit in the asterisks would indicate I was kidding. But "don't do bad things, be immortal" is a pretty common trope in SE Asian mythology.
New Leader Takes the throne, everything is nice
Leader gets complacent, corruption sets in
Disaster strikes the realm, unrest grows
The leader is deposed, a new leader takes the throne
ik this isn't how Chinese law works but i just pictured the guy bein sent on a "Legends of the Hidden Temple" style course to solve over the next two years, if he fails he dies but the fuckin monkey statue's pieces don't fit together right
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Leader gets complacent, corruption sets in
Disaster strikes the realm, unrest grows
The leader is deposed, a new leader takes the throne
Repeat
Good on the people's republic for having a reasonable amount of restraint in using it.
BTW did you do any crimes last week? No? Okay, I’ll just pencil you in for Tuesday and we can reschedule then.
-O